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tlt.::iis 
TTJPJ7IP APHID ( Rhopal o siphum ps nj-clobrasric ae Davis) 
porth Carolina E. T, r . Lei"by (February): This insect has been reported on 
cabbage plants from eastern Carolina. It is not known if 
it is abundant. This is a rather enrl Tr record for its 
appearance in injurious numbers. 
Mississippi G. I. Bond (February 25): Turnip lice are quite numerous 
on turnips near Maselle. 
Texas ?. I. Thomas (February 27): The turnip louse has 'ocr:n in 
evidence throughout the winter in Galveston County and began 
to drift with the wind in large number February 5, according 
to J. U. Honey, in charge of the Plant Lice Laboratory at 
Dickinson. 
TURNIP hOCT APh'ID (r emphi-ru s pepuii transver su e Si ley) 
Mississippi J. P. Kislanko (February 26): The turnip root aphid is 
very abundant in the vicinity of Ferkinston. 
MLTSH?:OCi;S 
A PLIIGUS G1JAT ( Sciara sp. ) 
Dhio L'. P. Jones (January 23): The flies which "'ere collected 
in a mushroom house at Columbus, January 2, "nave been 
determined as Sciara sp. by C. T. Greene. 
Miscellaneous true}?: pests. 
APHIDS (Aphiidae) 
Mississippi Henry Dietrich (February 25): Aphids (undetermined at 
present) are extremely abundant on mustard, cabbage, and turnip 
at lucedale. The unusual numbers of aruids this -inter are no 
doubt due to mild and dry winti r. 
Alabama 
TAP^ISlhD PIAhT BUG (Lyras 2T3l^M^ 1. ) 
J. U. Hobinson (February 27) : The tarnished plant bu£ is 
moderately abundant on vegetables an n . l,~a.;.-s at Auburn] 
assissippi Henr: Dietrich (February 25): Tbo tarnished plant bug has 
been conmon on garden truck at Lucedale during February. 
